Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Freed After 595 Days Behind Bars
Prolonged, Abusive Detention Underscores Justice System Concerns On Tuesday, a Zimbabwe court sentenced opposition politician Job Sikhala to a suspended two-year prison term after being convicted earlier in January of inciting public violence. Sikhala had been arrested and detained on June 14, 2022. This week’s sentencing means he will be freed after being jailed for […]
UK Should Abandon Dangerous, Authoritarian Rwanda Bill
Bill Seeks to Place UK Government Above the Law Yesterday, a United Kingdom bill that requires decision-makers to treat Rwanda as a “safe country” to send asylum seekers to—and which disregards a ruling by the UK’s highest court—passed its second reading in the House of Lords, parliament’s upper legislative chamber. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum […]
UN Food Award for Ethiopia’s Premier Ignores Wartime Abuses
Millions of Ethiopians Currently Facing Food Insecurity On January 28, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) awarded Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the Agricola Medal, the highest award from the agency’s Director-General, for Abiy’s “contribution to rural and economic development in Ethiopia.” The award may come as a surprise given Ethiopia’s dire humanitarian […]
Africa Can Lead in Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases
Op-ed by Cynthia Mwase More than 600 million people across Africa – nearly half the population of the entire continent – are impacted by a group of more than 21 life-altering diseases that many people around the world have never heard of. These diseases – known as neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs – are impairing […]
Salesforce Awards Customer Excellence In South Africa
Customers across 8 categories celebrated for outstanding performance Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, has announced the winners of its annual Salesforce Customer Appreciation Awards 2024 across eight categories. The Salesforce Customer Appreciation Awards 2024 took place at the 12 Apostles Hotel in Cape Town, where the winners were recognised for their success […]
AI Vs Humanity – A Battle Of Identity
By Timbo Drayson, CEO & Co-Founder, OkHi Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world. The last two decades have laid the infrastructure to give over 5 billion people access to digital services through smartphones and the Internet. This has primed the world for an AI revolution, the exponential growth of which we’re beginning to see through […]
2023 Ibrahim Index Of African Governance (IIAG) Report Highlights The Strong Correlation Between High-Quality Data And Effective Governance
Download The Power of Data for Governance Report The Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) today launched its IIAG Series 2023 Report, “The Power of Data for Governance: Closing data gaps to accelerate Africa’s transformation,” in Accra. Sound data is at the heart of Africa’s governance and development agendas, and the report underscores its role in driving […]
Africa At Davos 2024: Promise, Potential And Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
This article is part of:Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics “This giant is on snooze”. So said Fifi Andrews, who moderated a session in Davos on scaling the African economy, raising the question: Is Africa really rising, or is the ‘sleeping giant’ yet to awaken? Davos 2024 presented a timely opportunity to ring the alarm and […]
Mastercard Partners With YES To Train And Empower South African Youth
Mastercard, a global technology leader in the payments industry, is deepening its commitment to addressing youth unemployment in South Africa. Today, the company announced that it will continue its partnership with YES, the highest-impact private-sector-led youth employment programme in the country. YES’s primary mission is to address the country’s youth unemployment crisis by empowering businesses across […]
WHO and partners call for renewed global efforts to unite, act and eliminate neglected tropical diseases
RTI Fights NTDs – Checking for lymphatic filariasis in Northern Haiti Commemorating World NTD Day 2024 Geneva, Switzerland, 30 January 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-On World Neglected Tropical Disease Day 2024, WHO is calling on everybody, including leaders and communities, to unite and act to address and eliminate the inequalities that drive neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and […]
